Asia category: 8064 books
The Uyghur Community
Diaspora, Identity and Geopolitics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
This book analyses the Uyghur community, presenting a brief historical background of the Uyghurs and debating the challenges of emerging Uyghur nationalism in the early 20th century. It elaborates on key issues within the community, such as the identity and current state of religion and worship....
Philippines
Géographie, économie, histoire et politique
Language: French
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Situées dans l'océan Pacifique au sud-ouest de la Chine, les Philippines, constituées de 7 000 îles et îlots, forment un archipel montagneux et volcanique au climat chaud et humide d’une superficie de 300 000 kilomètres carrés, peuplé de 92,3 millions d'habitants au recensement de 2010 …
Laos
Géographie, économie, histoire et politique
Language: French
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Le Laos, ou « pays du Million d'éléphants », est situé au cur de l'Asie du Sud-Est continentale. Nul territoire dans cette région n'a mieux mérité le nom d'Indochine puisqu'il est situé à la charnière géographique des deux plus vieilles cultures de l'Asie. Terre de carrefour et en même temps terre isolée, le Laos a toujours été une terre contestée...
Birmanie
Géographie, économie, histoire et politique
Language: French
Release Date: October 28, 2015
La Birmanie (renommée Myanmar en 1989) est l'un des grands carrefours de l'Asie. Aux confins de l'Inde et de la Chine, elle est le reflet des influences multiples qu'elle tire de sa position géographique....
Thaïlande
Géographie, économie, histoire et politique
Language: French
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Partie centrale de la péninsule indochinoise avec un long appendice dans la presqu'île de Malacca, la Thaïlande n'a justifié son appellation moderne de pays des Thais (Thai) qu'à une date relativement récente. C'est en effet au XIIIe siècle que, allant du nord vers le sud au long des fleuves et sous la pression des Mongols...
The Affect of Difference
Representations of Race in East Asian Empire
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
The Affect of Difference is a collection of essays offering a new perspective on the history of race and racial ideologies in modern East Asia. Contributors approach this subject through the exploration of everyday culture from a range of academic disciplines, each working to show how race was made...
by Mike Loades
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium BC, the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from nomadic tribal peoples such as the Huns, Turks and Mongols, to mighty empires such as the Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs and Chinese. Offering high...
Join the Revolution, Comrade
Journeys and Essays
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
In Join the Revolution, Comrade, Charles Foran brings to the essay form the same restlessness and originality that mark his novels and non-fiction. Foran visits places in Vietnam that have been 'colonized' by western war films, talks to Shanghai residents about their colossal city and commiserates...
by Neil Mars
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Teaching in China is surely one of the most surreal experiences anyone can have. When I arrived in this country I had no idea what I would encounter. I knew nothing about the culture, the people, the costumes or even the political and economical situation. I had never visited Asia before and never...
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning.
In time it...
by Steve Jonas
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Located in the Indian Ocean, the Indonesian island of Bali is one of the most popular island destinations in the whole of Asia. According to BBC Travel, Bali is one of the top five vacation islands in the world. The Island of the Gods is one of the 17,500 islands of Indonesia and draws nearly...
What You Need to Know Before You Travel to Vietnam
Vietnam Traveler’s Guide to Make the Most Out of Your Trip
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
Where in the world can you find snake wine, war souvenirs, steaming bowls of pho and iced coffee right next to each other? You guessed it, Vietnam, *Southeast Asia’*s up and coming coastal beauty. Vietnam’s white sandy beaches are enough to rival those in Thailand and it is quickly becoming the...
by J. P. Cross
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
After years of jungle service, Jason Rance, a maverick Chinese-speaking British major of Gurkhas has one final chance of qualifying for promotion to lieutenant colonel. During a covert operation on the Thai Malayan border, Rance meets a Chinese schoolboy friend from jungle-operation days and together...
The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma
Analysing the 1942 Colonial Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The string of military defeats during 1942 marked the end of British hegemony in Southeast Asia, finally destroying the myth of British imperial invincibility. The Japanese attack on Burma led to a hurried and often poorly organized evacuation of Indian and European civilians from the country. The...